netdev - Re: something is wrong in commit 971f10eca1 - tcp: better TCP_SKB

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Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:42:34 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Kolasa <kkolasa@...soft.pl>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: something is wrong in commit 971f10eca1 - tcp: better
 TCP_SKB_CB layout to reduce cache line misses

On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 14:39 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 13:36 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Krzysztof Kolasa <kkolasa@...soft.pl> wrote:
> > >
> > > one-line patch not resolve problem, fix created by Cong Wang resolves
> > > problem !!!
> > >
> > > tested on 64bit system and working OK
> > >
> > 
> > So my patch fixes your problem on 64bit but not on 32bit,
> > is this correct?
> > 
> > I will send out the patch. And as Eric said, the problem on 32bit
> > might be a different issue, we can definitely fix it separately.
> > 
> > Thanks for testing!
> 
> I think more fixes are needed.
> 
> This is most probably an IPv6 issue.
> 

Yes, ipv6 uses inet6_iif() a lot. We need to use a different accessor.



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